Axl Rose thanks fans for support over Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame snub

Guns N’ Roses singer Axl Rose has apologised to fans after snubbing the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.

The frontman spurned an event celebrating the band’s induction into the Hall Of Fame saying that he did not feel he was ‘wanted’ or ‘respected’ by the Hall and has now penned a letter to fans thanking them for their solidarity.

Axl Rose has thanked fans for their support in an open letter

‘I would like to apologise to Cleveland, Ohio, for not apologising to them beforehand for not attending [the ceremony] in their city,’ he wrote on the band’s website.

‘I seriously didn’t plan on or expect the overwhelmingly positive response and public support for my decision regarding the [Hall] … I’m truly humbled, blown away and unbelievably relieved!

‘I still don’t exactly know or understand what the Hall is or how or why it makes money,’ he added.

‘Where the money goes, who chooses the voters and why anyone or this board decides who … [is] officially ‘rock’ enough to be in the Hall.’

The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame Foundation was created in 1983 and the inductees are nominated by a committee of people within the music industry including critics, musicians and executives.